[McQ59]

No worries Mage. You weren't even close to be the problem last saturday night. Your neighbour in east was the loose cannon and caused us some delays there.

I totally go for the compromises Zhang suggests in the post above, and the suggestions from both Mage and MAC on how to organize the next mission(s).

I have tried to do some thinking on how to improve the conditions for the missions that involves bombers, and how to do it a bit more interesting for the bomberguys. It seemed that the fighters involved in the Battle of Britain were more or less uninterested in attacking the bombers - and intercepted the 109's instead. What if we put up a mission on one of the maps that involves ships; Britain or Sicily, and the task is of course for the bombers to damage/sink the ship(s). If we put limits on wich bombers to use (not the Arado or the B-17. They inflict to much damage to fast) it might be possible to have a progress in the mission that makes it fun for everyone involved. The 3-4 bombers task is a mentioned to bomb the ships, they got top-cover from 3-4 fighters and will be intercepted by 6-8 enemy fighters.

The goal is not to win by tickets, but to improve skills and have fun trying to do the job. And of course to be the last bird flying... and return to base.

If you guys think this is a mission you could take part in, I'll establish a thread for it - and schedule the time and map, and try to organize it for the upcoming saturday due to the suggestions that has come up to improve the feasibility.

Suggested allied bombers: A20 or Blenheims
Suggested german bombers: He-111 or Stukas

German fighters: G-2 or F-4, 190's. I guess the italian 202's can be used too (by the real highrisktakers).
Allied fighters: Hurricanes, Mk. IX and Mustangs.

These should be regarded only as suggestions. I'm very open to other ideas to improve and increase the fun-factor!